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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 5:12 - 5:12
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Music was common at ancient feasts (Isa 24:8, Isa 24:9; Amo 6:5, Amo 6:6).
viol - an instrument with twelve strings [Josephus, Antiquities, 8.10].
tabret - Hebrew, toph, from the use of which in drowning the cries of children sacrificed to Moloch, Tophet received its name. Arabic, duf. A kettle drum, or tambourine.
pipe - flute or flageolet: from a Hebrew root “to bore through”; or else, “to dance” (compare Job 21:11-15).
regard not ... Lord - a frequent effect of feasting (Job 1:5; Psa 28:5).
work ... operation - in punishing the guilty (Isa 5:19; Isa 10:12).